Gender, Race, and the Writing of Empire - Public Discourse and the Boer War

Klappentext This book looks at the ways Victorian ideas about gender and race supported British imperialism at the turn of the century. It examines the Boer War of 1899-1902 through the war writings of literary figures such as Arthur Conan Doyle! Olive Schreiner! H. Rider Haggard and Rudyard Kipling! and also through newspapers! propaganda! and other forms of public debate in print. Paula M. Krebs' analysis of the part played by ideas about gender and race in public discourse makes a significant new contribution to the study of British imperialism. Zusammenfassung This book examines the impact of ideas of race and gender on imperialism through various forms of discourse surrounding the Boer War of 1899–1902: from the writings of Arthur Conan Doyle, Olive Schreiner, H. Rider Haggard and Rudyard Kipling to newspapers, propaganda, and other forms of debate in print. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. The war at home; 2. The concentration camps controversy and the press; 3. Gender ideology as military policy - the camps, continued; 4. Cannibals or knights: sexual honor in the propaganda of Arthur Conan Doyle and W. T. Stead; 5. Interpreting South Africa to Britain: Olive Schreiner, Boers, and Africans; 6. The imperial imaginary: the press, empire, and the literary figure; Notes; Works cited.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paula M. Krebs
• Mitarbeit: Gillian Beer (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 26.08.2004
• EAN: 9780521607728
• ISBN: 978-0-521-60772-8
• Seiten: 220
• Serien: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature & Culture; Cambridge Studies in Nineteent
• Thema: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft